George,

I am another VFP developer in the same boat as you. I don't have any answers for you but, I would be interested in expanding the discussion to find what the essential tools are for serious VB database developers.

A serious VFP developer can require a whole bunch of third party software (Frameworks, database extenders, file repair, menu and screen generators ...).

>While I can find many good RAD frameworks for VFP (VFE, VFX, VMP, VPM, etc.) I cannot find anything similar for VB.
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